Topic > Multinational Corporations (MNCs): Predators of…

Imagine earning just 12-14 cents an hour for your hard work, imagine working with glues, paints and toxic chemical solvents every day. A multinational corporation is a company that produces and sells a product in more than one country. Multinational corporations are harmful because of bad working conditions, low pay and long hours, bad future and life. Multinationals are harmful because they have bad working conditions. According to Sweatshop's fact sheet, workers who work for JC Penny are beaten and eat bad food in American Samoa. It¡¯s important because workers should not be beaten for the job. It harms children, workers and workers do not get expectations. Even the police cannot beat a criminal. How could factories beat workers? Eating bad food is not good for workers' health. They will get sick easily. Workers work without human rights. According to Toys of Mystery, a report on the toy industry in China, toy factory workers must handle toxic glues, paints and chemical solvents. They do not know about such chemicals and simply let the chemicals destroy their health. It¡¯s important because workers will get sick easily and could contract cancer. They will die faster than other people. According to David Bacon of The Story of a Maquiladora Worker, maquiladora workers receive a lot of psychological pressure from their bosses. This is important because workers not only become exhausted physically but also psychologically. Workers all the time. All their lives, they may live unhappy, but they do not know how to change this situation. Too much pressure will drive workers crazy. As a result, multinationals have poor working conditions and workers become sick in body and mind. Multinational corporations are harmful because workers are paid low wages and are tortured and exhausted from working long hours. According to Global Exchange, a survey shows that 68% of workers do not earn enough money to save or support themselves and their families in China. It¡¯s important because Nike¡¯s workers work for an extraordinarily low wage. It can never help workers get a better life under multinationals. They still remain poor. According to Sweatshop Fact Sheet, in Indonesia, the salary is barely enough to meet a person's basic needs. This is important because it is difficult for workers to feed their children and go out with family or friends for fun. Workers live a hard life.